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Bijasan Mata Mandir in Bundi in Rajasthan is dedicated to
Goddess Durga. The Navratri Mela and festival in the temple attracts thousands
of people. Bijasan Mata Mandir Chaitra Navratri Mela 2018 is from March 28 to
March 25, 2018. The Ashwin Navratri Mela is from October 10 to October 18, 2018.

The murti of Bijasan Mata is in the form of Her sitting atop
demon Rakta Beeja. The temple was built in 44 AD and is located around 10 km
from Indragarh Sumerganj Mandi.
The temple is located atop a 1000 ft high hillock and one
has to climb thousands of steps.
The Chaitra and Ashwin Navratri fair attracts thousands of
people from Rajasthan and nearby states. Ugra Murti of Goddess Durga is worshipped
in the temple and devotees have witnessed numerous miracles of the deity.

Sri Suktam is an important prayer dedicated to Goddess
Lakshmi from the Rig Veda. Shri
means Goddess Lakshmi. The mantra helps in fulfilling the desires of devotees.
This particular Sri Suktam text in pdf consists of meaning and explanation of
the mantra and is provided by Swami Shantananda Puri. You can download it for
free. Link – Pdf text of Sri Suktam with Meaning and Explanation

Go on doing good, thinking holy thoughts continuously; that
is the only way to suppress base impressions. Never say any man is hopeless,
because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be
checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated
habits alone can reform character.
Teach yourselves, teach everyone his/her real nature, call
upon the sleeping soul and see how it awakes. Power will come, glory will come,
goodness will come, purity will come, and everything that is excellent will
come, when this sleeping soul is roused to self conscious activity.
Do not disturb your mind by vain arguments; this truth only
becomes effulgent in the heart which has been made pure.
He who cannot be seen without the greatest difficulty, He
who is hidden, He who has entered the cave of the heart of hearts—the Ancient
One—cannot be seen with the external eyes; seeing Him with the eyes of the
soul, one gives up both pleasure and pain. He who knows this secre…